Junior Zarate Explained

Junior Zarate
Fullname:Juvenal Zarate
Birth Date:December 24, 1978
Birth Place:Degollado, Mexico
Position:Midfielder
Years1:2001–2007
Clubs1:Wilmington Hammerheads
Caps1:106
Goals1:25

Juvenal "Junior" Zarate (born December 24, 1978) is a soccer midfielder who played for the USL Second Division side Wilmington Hammerheads.

Zarate was born in Degollado, Mexico. He moved to Tennessee with his family when he was 17 and he spent several years playing in local recreational soccer leagues. In 2001, after a trial, he signed with the Wilmington Hammerheads.[1] In 2003, he was a substitute in the Hammerheads' shock victory against the Dallas Burn of the MLS to progress to the quarter-finals of the U.S. Open Cup.[2] Between the 2005 and 2007 seasons, Zarate made 47 appearances and scored 5 goals in the USL Second Division.[3]

Notes and References

  1. News: Local soccer player works hard to fulfill dream . Mike . Voorheis . StarNews Online . Wilmington, NC . August 8, 2007 . February 11, 2012.
  2. News: Soccer Shocker – Hammers burn MLS's Dallas get D.C. United here . J. Thomas . Grady . Star-News . Wilmington, NC . reprint hosted at NewsBank . August 7, 2003 . February 11, 2012.
  3. Web site: Wilmington Hammerheads: USL Second Division: 2005 . United Soccer Leagues . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070911145028/http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2005/roster/22403.html . 2007-09-11 .
    Web site: Wilmington Hammerheads: USL Second Division: 2006 . United Soccer Leagues . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070303140932/http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2006/roster/22403.html . 2007-03-03 .
    Web site: Wilmington Hammerheads: USL Second Division: 2007 . United Soccer Leagues . February 11, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120927020917/http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2007/roster/22403.html . September 27, 2012 .